Art Director / Graphic Designer / Illustrator
info@theothermattroberts.com
twitter.com/the_other_matt
+44 (0) 7540 707 702
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Updates
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Below is simply some updates on both a personal and professional note - Updated when necessary.
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New blog:
Simple, text-based comments, quotes and links. Keeping the 'blah' to a strict minimum.
Posted on 15th February
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Comments
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A series of short, direct personal comments on observations in current affairs, news, design and other topics deeming a response.
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'A constant source of inspiration.'
Comment on the book, Typography Sketchbooks
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''Memorable' isn't always a positive comment...'
Comment on the 2012 Olympic Logo
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'Ideal studio shelf filler.'
Comment on the book, Just my Type
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'It's good, but it's not that good.'
Comment on the font, Helvetica
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'A little bit distracting.'
Comment on the Internet
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'Odd.'
Comment on the film, The Tree of Life
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'Severely underated.'
Comment on the office tool, scissors
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'A headache.'
Comment on a headache
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'About as expressive as a rock.'
Comment on the term, 'Like'
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Quotes
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A selection of quotes ranging from the well-known to the obscure, nonetheless, personally noteworthy.
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'Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon.'
Peter Lynch
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'If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.'
George Bernard Shaw
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'My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass.'
Terri Guillemets
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'Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery.'
Mark Amidon
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'The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.'
G.K. Chesterton
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Links
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The following links comprise of my favourite portfolio sites, inspiration sites and others I think are worth visiting.
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Will Holmes, Art Director
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A crowd sourcing gallery of inspirational websites.
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Simply examples of precisely that, fonts in use.
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A collection of typographic work, updated regularly.
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